Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: flyrotary Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 07:28:52 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [205.152.58.157] (HELO imf17bis.bellsouth.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0) with ESMTP id 1844595 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 25 Oct 2002 00:17:55 -0400 Received: from johns ([216.76.210.31]) by imf17bis.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.19 201-253-122-122-119-20020516) with SMTP id <20021025041939.MXRL1333.imf17bis.bellsouth.net@johns> for ; Fri, 25 Oct 2002 00:19:39 -0400 From: "John Slade" X-Original-To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Alternators .... X-Original-Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 00:17:22 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 > light comes on. So with the alternator I have killing voltage to > the field coil does appear to cut alternator output. Your milage may vary. My understanding from the electric list (which isnt all that much) is that there are failure modes inside the alternator / regulator which cause killing the field voltage to have no impact on a runaway. John Slade